16 Saturday Jan 2021
Posted in Legends, Recommendations
Winner of 7 Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director (David Lean), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Music, Score (Maurice Jarre). Also with many other fine actors, like Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Claude Rains, Jack Hawkins and José Ferrer.
10 Sunday Jan 2021
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Winner of 11 Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Charlton Heston), Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), Best Director (William Wyler), Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Color Cinematography, Best Color Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring (Miklos Rozsa), Best Sound and Best Special Effects. Based on the best-selling novel bt Lew Wallace and a remake of the silent version from 1925, with Ramón Novarro. An MGM production, a masterpiece whose producer was Sam Zimbalist.
09 Saturday Jan 2021
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1957, Ernst Marischka, Franz Joseph of Austria, Karlheinz Böhm, Monique classique, Romy Schneider, Sissi, Sissi (1955-1957), Sissi trilogy, UFA-Film
The final film of the “Sissi” trilogy. Directed by Ernst Marischka.
08 Friday Jan 2021
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1946, film noir, John Garfield, Lana Turner, Monique classique, Tay Garnett, The Postman Always Rings Twice
Directed by Tay Garnett.
07 Thursday Jan 2021
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With Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. Directed by Billy Wilder. Audrey’s elegant dresses were designed by Hubert de Givenchy.
06 Wednesday Jan 2021
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Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961, Blake Edwards, Truman Capote, Monique classique, Holly Golightly
Directed by Blake Edwards.
03 Sunday Jan 2021
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Great musical and fashion film, directed by Stanley Donen.
03 Sunday Jan 2021
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1956, Ernst Marischka, Franz Joseph of Austria, Karlheinz Böhm, Monique classique, Romy Schneider, Sissi, Sissi trilogy, UFA-Film
Part II. Directed by Ernst Marischka.
01 Friday Jan 2021
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1952, Cyd Charisse, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly, Monique classique, Stanley Donen
A great classic musical of MGM studios, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor and Cyd Charisse and directed by Stanley Donen.
01 Friday Jan 2021
Posted by moniqueclassique | Filed under Couples (on and/or off-screen), Legends, Recommendations
